Australian Open 2022

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Pigeon_Killer

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The Australian Open starts on Monday and the build up is currently being dominated by Djokovic but the draw was made today and there are some tasty first round ties including Murray vs Basilashvili, who he's just beaten in 3 sets in the Sydney International tournament, and Raducanu vs Stephens.

Draws
https://ausopen.com/draws#!mens-singles
https://ausopen.com/draws#!womens-singles

Djokovic is currently the 1st seed on the men's side and Ash Barty the 1st on the women's. Elsewhere, Cameron Norrie's seeded 12th, Dan Evans 24th, Murray has a wildcard and Raducanu is seeded 17th. No Federer or Serena this year, both are still recovering from injuries.

Men's Seeds
https://ausopen.com/players#!195321

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Daniil Medvedev
3. Alexander Zverev
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Rafael Nadal
7. Matteo Berrettini
8. Casper Ruud
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime
10. Hubert Hurkacz
11. Jannik Sinner
12. Cameron Norrie
13. Diego Schwartzman
14. Denis Shapovalov
15. Roberto Bautista Agut
16. Cristian Garin
17. Gael Monfils
18. Aslan Karatsev
19. Pablo Carreno Busta
20. Taylor Fritz
21. Nikoloz Basilashvili
22. John Isner
23. Reilly Opelka
24. Dan Evans
25. Lorenzo Sonego
26. Grigor Dimitrov
27. Marin Cilic
28. Karen Khachanov
29. Ugo Humbert
30. Lloyd Harris
31. Carlos Alcaraz
32. Alex de Minaur

Women's Seeds
https://ausopen.com/players#!195361

1. Ashleigh Barty
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Garbine Muguruza
4. Barbora Krejcikova
5. Maria Sakkari
6. Anett Kontaveit
7. Iga Swiatek
8. Paula Badosa
9. Ons Jabeur
10. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
11. Sofia Kenin
12. Elena Rybakina
13. Naomi Osaka
14. Simona Halep
15. Elina Svitolina
16. Angelique Kerber
17. Emma Raducanu
18. Coco Gauff
19. Elise Mertens
20. Petra Kvitova
21. Jessica Pegula
22. Belinda Bencic
23. Leylah Fernandez
24. Victoria Azarenka
25. Daria Kasatkina
26. Jelena Ostapenko
27. Danielle Collins
28. Veronika Kudermetova
29. Tamara Zidansek
30. Camila Giorgi
31. Marketa Vondrousova
32. Sara Sorribes Tormo
 
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Great to wake up to a Murray win and the Brits generally doing well.

Leylah Fernandez out in the first round was a bit of a surprise though.

Edit: Oh and the people shouting SIUUUUUUUUUUU need to be euthanised.
 
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Very US Open like performance so far, immaculate first set but an error strewn start to the second.

Edit: This might be the lowest standard of tennis I've seen so far, both horrific now.
 
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That was a pretty grim set, hopefully the lack of game time and practice catches up with Stephens in the third.

Win or lose, this is the sort of performance you would expect from someone so young and inexperienced. She showed the quality she's got in the first set and just needs to find some consistency again.
 
Neither played particularly well in the second or third sets but Raducanu played phenomenally well in the first and it's great experience to come through a three setter at a Grand Slam for the first time.
 
Barty has looked incredible so far, absolutely destroyed every opponent she's faced and only dropped 2 games in her quarter final match.

Expected Nadal to make it through a bit easier against Shapovalov but Nadal five setters are always a good watch. He's got to be hoping Berrettini v Monfils goes five as well though.
 
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